Applicants to the 2019-20 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program must fulfill or have fulfilled all degree requirements for a PhD, PhD-equivalent or health professional degree:

between September 15, 2016 and September 30, 2020 (inclusively), and

before the start date of their award.

Applicants who have not fulfilled all requirements for their degree at the time of application must submit proof no later than October 15, 2020.

Allowable extensions to eligibility window

The window of eligibility can be extended by a cumulative maximum of two years if the applicant had their career interrupted for the following reasons:

Parental leave

Illness

Health-related family responsibilities

Mandatory military service

Additionally, for health professionals who have engaged in post-degree non-research related clinical training (e.g. residency) - the eligibility window can be extended by the duration of this training.

No other exceptions will be allowed.

Interruptions used to extend the eligibility window for degree completion must have occurred after the fulfilment of your degree requirements and before the application submission deadline.

Justification must be provided in Special circumstances.

"Fulfilled all requirements of the degree" refers to the date that the applicant completed all the steps required for obtaining their degree. Although these requirements may vary by institution and degree type, they normally include thesis defence corrections and thesis deposition. It is not the convocation date.

Vanier-Banting Academic CV of applicant (via Canadian Common CV, see below for instructions)

1 page statement of proposed research + max. 1 page of references/bibliography (developed with supervisor). This research statement does not need to include its own lay abstract, but please keep in mind that your statement will be read by non-specialist readers. Please use the Banting guidelines for Research Proposals as a reference.

New: Applicants who are planning to stay in the same research environment where they completed their PhD must also submit a brief letter of justification in accordance with the Banting eligibility requirements.

Submit packages in PDF (one file) to Rebecca Huegler at sgspostdoc@queensu.ca
Please note: due to timeline constraints we cannot accept late submissions.

Review Timeline (please note: deadline extended):

June 25 - July 18, 2019:Internal committee (consisting of Associate Deans Research or delegates) selects candidates to put forward.

July 19, 2019: Applicants are informed of committee decision

July 20 - August 20, 2019: Selected Candidates finalize application package and submit full application package to OPDT no later than August 20, 2019 at 4:00 pm EDT. Please submit the full application package in PDF format and instruct referees to submit their confidential letters via email to sgspostdoc@queensu.ca

August 20 -September 8, 2019: Final review of full applications.

September 9, 2019: Dean of Queen's School of Graduate Studies provides institutional letter of endorsement if final application meets all requirements.

Instructions for Vanier-Banting Academic CV

To access the Banting CV template after logging in, select “Funding” from the “CV” dropdown menu, then select “Vanier-Banting” as the Funding Source and “Vanier-Banting Academic” as the CV Type.

To save a draft PDF version of your Vanier-Banting Academic CV, which is all that is required for Queen's internal selection process, click the “Preview” button. (Note: If you press “Submit”, this will generate a “final” PDF version of your CV which can be accessed by clicking the “History” tab at the top of the page. This version is acceptable, but not necessary, for internal submission.)

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